Wednesday 8 June 2011

Preparing the legs

With 11 days to go I need to concentrate on getting my running legs sorted.  I know the swim should be ok but being open water will depend on the conditions and how much kicking and punching goes on, the bike will be very tough based on the hills so I'll need to have my running legs ready.  Therefore I will put in some extra runs as I approach the event but my last long run will be Saturday when I'll do 10 miles at half marathon pace - no need to do 13 as I am comfortable with the distance.
So at 6.30 am I venture out into the rain and ran 11km at half marathon pace - I really enjoyed it and my heart rate indicated that it was easy so the training has paid off.